Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-01
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can set your watch by 1t.
In Algeria the bride always rides to tho
wedding on a mule led by the brldegrooh'
The wedding occurs at his home. ana on
reaching the door he lifts the girl from tne
mule and carries her inside, the asse Woleu
damsels and youths meantime peting him anu
switching him with olive branches.
AT the present writing the government OF
the United States is without ministerial rep
resentatton at Berlin, Vienna and CONSTANT
nople, Minister Pend etOn beng absent lroW
the first named city ana no appointments nav
ing yet been made for the succession TO sun
set Cox and the unfortunate Mr.. helley'
SoNoMA tCAL.) FARMERS have experiment
ed with white men and Indians during the
harvest season 10 the exclusion OF Cinnamon,
and are well satisfied with the result. Inc cost
to the farmers amounted 10 considerable more.
but the crops were harvested so mucn Oetter
that they are satisfied that the increased eA-
pense pays them in the end.s
THE annual report of Anthony Comstock's
| society for the prevention of vice shows that
during the past year that ORGANIZATION seized
and destroyed 453I tons of Objectionable mat
| ter in the shape oil naughty books, pictures,
gambling tools and the like. If AN ounce or
prevention is worth pound of cure, TINS So
clety has done some excellent Work IN dis
| cOuraglng the emlssarles OF sin.
| LETTER from the capital of Corea to the
J Now IOTh Osb bdbo tuAb bAO IAhS "AuNS'
palace has been newly finished and furnished
with American furniture costing $lS,SOO, he
| has also bought of the American Trading
| Company a ltJle steamer at cost of 5000.
| In few weeks many residents will be burn
| ing COrean coal. Resources are beginning to
| develop.
IT is we'll known that the population Of
London is migratory one, but probably few
| persons were prepared tor the fact which has
| been brought to light by the compilers OF that
really wonderful work, Kelly's Post ONCE
| Directory, that the removals in London
| amount to one In ten annually. Thus the en-
| tire population of London changes houses
every ten years.
| CHANG, the giant, has returned to Shang
hal. Chang WI Yao, who went to England
| first in 1865. is a native of Fychow, and all his
relations were big people; his Iather and
| grandfather and his sister were all taller than
| he is, his sister being some 10 inches taller,
ana he stands feet inches. One OF his
| brothers some ten years ago weighel picul
| 1885 pounds) more thar he himself did.
ONE of the most serious drawbacks to rail-
| road travel In Venezuela is grasshoppers.
| They are so numerous that they literal V
cover the rails for miles, and as they do not
| attempt to get out Of tue way of the engine.
millions of them are crushed under the
| wheels and make the track SO slippery that
| trains are often brought TO standstll. 1t is
| said that this grasshopper plague Will last
| for seven years.
ALTHOUGH the production of lead pipe has
commonly been regarded of quite modern
origin, there appears to be evidence that the
Romans were acquainted with the article
| without. however, possessing the appliances
! for fabricatiug anything of large dimensions
| or sufficiently strong to withstand pressure
| from the fountain head. In the Cherchel
Museum ID piece of lead piping made by
! rolling sheet of metal. turning the ed2es
| over and then running molten lead along the
| Joints.
IN New London county, Conn, there are
living several persons in good health VINO are
over 100 years OF age. George L. Perkins, of
! Norwich, IS years of age ard a hale and active
| business man, was last "Wednesday elected
| Treasurer of the Norwich, and Worcester
| Railroad Company, 3 position held by MIN
| for over fifty years. On the preceding day
93d birthday by doing fall days work at his
| desk, He has been tOwnC Jerk for more than
half century.
| EXPERIMENTS looking to the adoption OF
! electric headlights for locomotives have al
ready been the cause of one smash-up; the
| presence of the dynamo machine on the en-
| CINE having had the effect of demoralizIng the
mepieces of both engineer and engine. An
| other thing against the adoption of the electric
| light on trains is that it will make engineers
| nervous. No amount OF argument could con-
vince an engineer that an electric light IN
| lTOul VI MS cuH4nS Wpulu prove dnyLulUR Duk
8 menace to his train IN a thunderstorm.
| TX July last, James E. Mccall, young ma n
of ONO, went to Oakland. Cab. suffering from
the effects of stroke of paralysis. He grad
ually recovered the use of his limbs, but wss
| not able to speak a word. On Christ N as eve
| he went into saloon and ordered glass OF
brandy. just as he raised il to his lips he Tell in
| a fit, and for few minutes writhed on the
| floor, frothing at he mouth. AS he recov cred
| haI Z No, II fNr,d II.
he sald. and then he shouted and sang for joN,
| Since then he has talked almost constantly,
! and when alone sings heartily.
! VIENNA tailor says the Reichenberger
Zeitung, wagered recently that it took more
than 10000 stitches to make win
| ter overcoat. To decide the question a coat
was ordered aud a committee of experts sat
| to superlntend the work. as well as To see
| that no unnecessary stitches were made.
| The result was announced As follows: Body
OF the coat. Also stitches; collar S,063; sew
ing collar on, l76S; buttonholes. 1920 ;sleeves,
| with lining. $50; pockets 924; silk lining Of
BODY, with wadded interior, II, s63: braiding
| 2,726, Total, 1858 stitches.
WRITER in Chambers Journal observes
that the expressions used by some boys and
| CIR S. If written as pronounced, would look
| like foreign language. Specimens of boys
| conversations like the following may be
called shorthand talking: "WareJego las
nigh,?" "Hadder skate.' ''Jtrfnd the ice
| hard ngood?' "Yes. hard'noueh." "JeT
| goerlone?" mo; BilPn Joe wenterlong.' -
| 'Howlate jerstay?" "Pastate." "Lemme-
| know weny erg1In, woncner? [ wanter go'n-
| shower howtoskate." "H-m, fcoodn' skate
| betler'n you I'd sell out 'nquit." "Well, wen
| tryerace 'nseefyercan."
! THE Maori Christians of the town of Ohine-
mutu, New Zealand, are very accommodate
ing. The Roman Catholics and the Wesleyan
Methodists worship alternately in the same
| building. While the Roman Catholic service
| is going on the Wesleyans remain outside
| playing cards, and while the Wesleyans are
! wOrshIping the Roman Catholics play cards.
| Then when both services are over they play
! cards tog Their and apply opprobriOus cpl
| thets TO the benighted heather Maori who
! have embraced neither cards nor Christia -
| ity. There would seem to be a good dea OF
| Christian unity-such as 1t is-among these
! MaOris.
| 1T Is related that Makart the great Wen
nese painter, is even more taciturn than Won
| Moltke, the man who is silent IN seven Ian
! guages. An American, who had been told
| that the best way to get on friend y terms
| with the artist would be TO play chess with
! him at the cafe, To which he resorted nightly,
! watched his opportunity, and when Makart'r
| opponent rose slipped INTO his chair. AT last
| his dream was about to he realized: be was Ia
! spend an evening in Makart's society, The
painter signed TO play, and the game began
/ and went on with no otter sound than the
! moving of the pieces. At last the American